Apple has fragility but it still has such a strong market position it should be able to stabilize itself in the same way an ex- Bill Gates Microsoft has stabilised.

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Remarrying an ex tends to lead to the same event the first marriage led to: divorce.

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The jury returned a not proven verdict to a charge of assault on his ex-girlfriend, Zoe Francis, on the same date.

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That's far more than two other ex-presidents - the first President Bush or Jimmy Carter - managed to spend in the same period.

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When the doomsayers say Newt is believing in a Deus ex machine to dramatically cut carbon dioxide emissions, he might point out that those were the same folks who, only a very few years ago, told us we were running out of natural gas.

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"It's time to end the politics of the three Kims, " said Lee, referring to the ex-president, plus the incumbent president and Kim Jong Pil, three veteran politicians with the same surname who have dominated South Korean politics since the early 1960s.

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Going a little further if you and your soon to be ex are both in reasonably good financial shape and will more than likely end up leaving money to the same kids, do not even bother with it.

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